ABOUT THE WORK

National Artist Vicente Manansala has been the subject of great adulation over the course of his long-spanning career. A graduate of the UP School of Fine Arts, he furthered his education internationally thru grants and scholarships. Credited with the development of ‘transparent cubism,’ Manansala was a direct influence to numerous fellow neo-realists including; Angelito Antonio, Norma Belleza, and Malang to name a few. As can be seen in this landscape from 1976, much later in the artist’s career, Manansala exhibits his penchant for watercolor — his ever deft hand and keen eye putting on a masterful display. Iconic in every sense of the word, Manansala’s art speaks with a timeless aesthetic — a potency in his delicate, cubistic approach.